8 DECEMBER (PREACHED 6 DECEMBER 1767)
Placed out of danger
‘And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest …’ Isaiah 32:2
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Isaiah 53:1–12
Am I speaking to some that are now in the storm? Behold—a hiding place. Look to the Man in my text, flee to him and you shall be safe. Faith in his name shall place you out of danger, and as faith grows, you shall be out of fear likewise. O flee for refuge to the hope set before you. Dreadful as this storm sounds in the sinner’s ears, it is indeed a merciful dispensation, sent to urge him to flee to the ark before a more dreadful storm comes. Consider the person of Christ—how great and how near—as God and man (John 1:1, 14). Think of the storm he endured for our sakes (Matthew 26:36–46, Gethsemane). His office in heaven is to present and plead his own blood and righteousness for us (Romans 3:25) and to receive and dispense pardon, peace and grace and eternal life (Revelation 5:1–14). Remember his promises—and these are absolute without exception (John 10:28).
Let others remember there is a storm of unmixed wrath in reserve for those who refuse this salvation (Jeremiah 23:19).
FOR MEDITATION:
Incarnate GOD! the soul that knows
In vain the fowler spreads his net,
Thy name’s mysterious power
To draw them from thy care;
Shall dwell in undisturbed repose,
Thy timely call instructs their feet,
Nor fear the trying hour.
To shun the artful snare.
Thy wisdom, faithfulness and love,
No midnight terrors haunt their bed,
To feeble helpless worms;
No arrow wounds by day;
A buckler and a refuge prove,
Unhurt on serpents they shall tread,
From enemies and storms.
If found in duty’s way.
SERMON SERIES: ISAIAH 32:2, NO. 1 [3/3]
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